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Countess Maria Wilhelmine von Thun und Hohenstein, née Uhlfeldt〔Deutsch 1965, 673〕 (Vienna 13 June 1744〔A-Wstm, Taufbuch Tom. B, p. 456〕 - Vienna 18 May 1800) was a Viennese aristocrat of the 18th century. She is remembered as the sponsor of a musically and intellectually outstanding salon and for her patronage of music, notably that of Mozart and Beethoven.〔Braunbehrens〕 ==Biography== She was the daughter of Imperial Count of the Realm Anton Corfiz Ulfeld (also spelled Uhlfeldt; 1699-1770), who "held several high political and court appointments"〔Clive 2001, 367〕 and his second wife Maria Elisabeth (1726-1786), Princess von Lobkowitz. At age 17 (30 July 1761) she married Count Franz Joseph Anton von Thun und Hohenstein (1734-1801), who later became an Imperial Chamberlain. In the 1750s, the young Countess Thun may have studied music with the young Joseph Haydn, at the time a struggling freelancer. This is difficult to determine, since the source indicating this only gives the title "Countess Thun," which was held by other women over time as well.〔Braunbehrens, Webster〕 Whoever her teacher may have been, the Countess evidently became a very skilled musician. The visiting English musicologist Charles Burney praised her harpsichord playing in print, saying that she "possesses as great skill in music as any person of distinction (aristocrat ) I ever knew."〔Quoted from Irving, 11〕 The salon that developed in her home is described by Clive as "a focal point of the musical and social life of the Viennese aristocracy."〔 She had six children, of whom four survived into adulthood: *Maria Theresia (3 August 1762 – 1763)〔A-Ws〕 *Maria Elisabeth (25 April 1764 – 1806)〔 on 4 November 1788〔A-Wstm〕 married Count (later Prince) Andrei Kyrillovich Razumovsky, who became Russian ambassador in Vienna (1793-1799) and was a patron of Beethoven.〔Clive 1993, 157; Clive 2001, 367〕 *Maria Christiane Josepha (25 July 1765 – 1841)〔 on 24 November 1788〔 married Prince Carl Alois Nepomuk Vinzenz Leonard, Fürst Lichnowsky. She was a "fine pianist" (Clive 1993) and was a patron of both Mozart and Beethoven.〔 *Ferdinand Joseph (29 August 1766 – 1768)〔 *Joseph Johann (5 December 1767 – 1810)〔 succeeded his father as Count.〔Clive 1993, 157〕 *(Maria Carolina Anna ), or Caroline, Countess Thun (19 May 1769 – 1800)〔 married 16 October 1793 an English aristocrat, Lord Gillford, better known as Richard Meade, 2nd Earl of Clanwilliam (10 May 1766 - 3 September 1805).〔Fuller-Maitland and Grove, 132, apparently refers to him as Lord Guilford, a different aristocratic title. A (picture of her by Vigee-Lebrun ) is available.〕 She "excelled as a singer and guitarist".〔Schönfeld, Jahrbuch der Tonkunst für Wien und Prag, 1796〕 They had issue, one son Richard Charles Francis Christian Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam, and two daughters Caroline, Countess Szechenyi (1794-1820) and Selina, Countess Clam-Martinic (1797-1872) who married back into the Austrian aristocracy.〔Marquis de Ruvigny. (The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal ) p. 391〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maria Wilhelmine von Thun und Hohenstein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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